Falkirk 1-2 Rangers: result and report
Premiership · Wednesday 2 September 2026
Result
Falkirk 1-2 Rangers
Premiership · Wednesday 2 September 2026, 19:00 UTC · Falkirk Community Stadium, Falkirk · half-time 1-1
Falkirk 1-2 Rangers: match report
Falkirk were beaten by Rangers 1-2 in the Premiership on Wednesday 2 September 2026 at Falkirk Community Stadium. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Lawrence Shankland opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Falkirk's goal came from an own goal by Kosta Nedeljkovic (44'). Rangers scored through Lawrence Shankland (8') and Lawrence Shankland (79').
Discipline: Falkirk received 2 yellow cards; Rangers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Falkirk were 11th on 1 point from 3 and Rangers 7th on 4 points from 3. In the current table Falkirk are 4th on 18 points and Rangers are 2nd on 24 points.
Falkirk lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rangers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lawrence Shankland of Rangers (8.6), ahead of Djeidi Gassama (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Falkirk wins, 2 draws and 2 for Rangers.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Lawrence Shankland
- 44'Own goal · Kosta Nedeljkovic
- 53'Yellow card · Ethan Ross
- 67'Yellow card · Brad Spencer
- 76'Yellow card · Olwethu Makhanya
- 79'Goal · Lawrence Shankland
Form and table
Head-to-head
Team news
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Falkirk line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Bain, Ryan Strain, Lewis Neilson, Liam Henderson, Leon McCann, Finley Barbrook, Brad Spencer, Ethan Ross, Ben Krauhaus, CJ Fodrey, Jacob Murrell
Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ivor Pandur, Kosta Nedeljkovic, Emmanuel Fernandez, Olwethu Makhanya, James Penrice, Nicolas Raskin, Cammy Devlin, Findlay Curtis, Min-su Kim, Djeidi Gassama, Lawrence Shankland
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